Could the Google device codenamed “Flounder” be the Nexus 8?

There’s a lot you can find out from taking a look at the Chromium issue tracker; sometimes, you might even find a potential entry from an unreleased Google device. According to the above log, a device codenamed “flounder” was spotted; for reference, Google codenames its devices with names of sea animals i.e. Nexus 5 = hammerhead, Nexus 10 = manta. Which begs the question about a rumoured Google device that we haven’t heard from in a while: could the Google device codenamed “flounder” be the Nexus 8?